Kyrgyzstan

States with carefully designed restrictions experience a sudden rise in infections the moment they relax them

Three governments took fairly prompt action, a fourth hesitated and the fifth, Turkmenistan, denies having any cases

Despite public anger, there is little chance a system packed with beneficiaries will act against corrupt interests

The top political events next year are a presidential election in Tajikistan and parliamentary polls in Kyrgyzstan

GDP grew by 6.1% in January-September but most of this is due to a recovery in gold output

A fragile environment where dry steppes depend on mountain glaciers will be hard hit by rising temperatures

The current president has come out on top as his predecessor goes to jail, but no one is really the winner

The governments of four Central Asian states are actively bringing home nationals who lived under Islamic State rule